“Intentions were powerful things.”

“...for there is nothing so perfect as a thing with no ending and no beginning, such as a family of souls intertwined.”

“Never negotiate with terrorists, make bargains with mobsters, or drive downtown on game day. Some things are just a given.”

“And maybe then when they were all a family, Tommy would be able to see what Mary used to see, what his other children saw, not just a man who would kill for them but a man who would die for them...the man underneath it all.”

“Skate, you’re about to pop the best wheelie of your life.”

“Love knows no time, or distance, and it certainly knows no reason.”

“It wasn’t his job to keep tabs on mob princesses, but this one was sort of a hobby.”